Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-17
THE WILD WEST.

Exhibition m onnun Buut tiO Blil'-
 Camp Ia the Heart or inc Briti-h
 Metropolis -Royalties Paying Homage
 10 n Sovereign of the American Prai-
 rICs.
 LONDON. England, Aug. IF, ISS7.1
 There have been three events which have cOmbi5ed 10 make the Wild West the most popular and the best pay ing show for tEe same length of time and the Inopey expended iu its planting that
 has ever been sesn in L0ndOa-ihe first
 being it's picturesque and realistic char
 ectsf, the second II patronage by the
 royal family aud the best people n
 London generally. and the thIrd tue
 phenomenally fine weather thst hes
 prevailed during the whole ,imo from its opening tc the present day, there
 having been but one storm jn ninety odd days-aad that only lasted a few
 hours-so that performances bsve been gwen day aud night without impedi-
 ment for more than three months. It is no uncommon remark for travelled
 EDglishman to say to a Californian: Why. you have brought yCur climate
 with you"
 Before preparing tkIs letter l accepted an invitation from Buffalo Blll'' to sc- company him through camp, end was entertained by Major Burke. the general manager. l learned from Majcr Burke that the inciOsure of the Wild Wes. took ID seven acres right m the hesrt of London, east of the Thames, at or near locality called EsElis Court, through which passed several steam railroads; the underground" and many "buss" lines. 1 saw that much work had been performed 90 Ihst ihe camp should nave good drainage and good tertiug grounds. and 1 learned that for these tso purposes alone 25.00O carloads of Q Vel and soil hbd ch8nged places; and A &w tEat there were surface and un- systems of drsi eSe; separate lsvatoTies, etc, for Indians, cowboys. Mrxicsns Gnd staff. sDd that all were furnished with hOs and cold wafer, mar b basins, porcelain baths, and that t ythIng pertaining was clean, health. f.. and inviting, and particularly thuse set apart for the women. nearly all of whom are marrIed, I may add. There are 245 people m Rll the company-niBety- o1e Indians, twenty-five hRli-bTeeds. twenty Mexicans, fifty cowboys and other western men, aud about twelve women, not including souag-, there be- ing ten of the latter. The Indians oc- ,upy tents of the old Sibley pattern, and sll the others waii-tents ct tbe army r-rula;iOn size each. The cowboys, tLe l MexicaEs, the herders, Indians, women mi stBif having villages O; their own. | Then there IS a big dining wall-teut l ,ach for the whites and the IGdiaue, Tho have three meat meals day of the | pest of beef and 10 dtton, and cooked as yell ss at the Metropole. They eat no pastry, but have as choice butter, cheese. ream and milk as .he Queen hss a; Windsor. The lgrder showed canned | rults and vegetables from California md elsewhere, and as white a lot Cf ,reRd ss anyone ever saw in St. Paul, md tea, coffee, sugar, and all the other and gn ice machine quiet y at work, Bufisio BIlI's dining tent ias seen some very excellent viands aud Fines put out of tbe way, and such per IOnages as General aud Lord Beresford, taruD Dg;oD, Churchill. s.d huodreds ot herr kind. have dGuglsd their lower lbs under COdy's InprOvised Inahoz- ny. He cEn seat eigrt at hIs table. aud be interior is !. umined by incandescent Rhts, tapers and gas, and sometimes Eesents a really oriental and brilliant ppearance.
 Colonel Cody's living tent and recep- ion room IS R most attractive place, onsirGcisd of two large wall tents, and la Wild West. in which le hides and horns aud anllers, and 'Oods and roots and implements of irsirie life and savGgery have been niqueiy manipulated asd transformed lto tables, chsIrs, lo1nges, carpets. lgs, drspery, h1wer-stCuds, picture -ames, etc.
 Here Colonel V. F. Cody. better nOwn Es Buffalo Bul,r receives hIs -IenGs and other callers. h this ten. Q has received the Queen of England nd the Prince of WGles. the Princess. er two sons -Hnd three daughters, Prince ; n1 Princess Henry Of Bsttenberg and . of other royal and otherwise , Ob!e and distinguished people. He , lso receives good many Americans ally, s0d by-;he-by, I dropped m there ( morning and Eho should be [ ieTe but Simon Cameron, General . .avley (the genial Senator from Con g actIcutl, Sanders Jobnson. Ricnardson . the Baltimore sun, Perry Of the Bns- | ID herald, Potter Palmer ot Chicago, [ ld George Alfred Townsend. better 1OTn. perhaps. fs Gath" 2 There are lsO bOrses 10 all. and as I neiy stabled ss st any race track, and a 'untains of drinking water all oyer ihe . rounds. The pistols and gnbs are all { sded by the srmOrerC, co Of which l. 'e discharged 6t every sXlibi.;Ou, or n
 ut a thousand Cay. All the cart e
 ,es except those for tPe Winchester ii
 and ell tke c!sy-piceOnr and q opposition balls gre made on fhe q onbds by experienced End trustworthy nployses brought from America. here IS also powder magazinr erect :, under the supervision of a London . v office.
 he arena IS enc third of a mile in ,, and contains an iron S sud-stand which holds two thousand ei oBle, all of whom pay a shifting CA O n.s) for general admission, and then a ,rn one to five shillings for choice e sis end from % to 8 shiliings fo- 4i xes. On Monday last there was receiv- Se
 alone for reserved places from the is CGO people present S7.C00. and the oi p-corn stand took in 3.4OO sixnt uces. h'
 nearly $500. Over 3O0OO0 Buffalo VI Il books and upwards of 10000 pro- 70 ammes were sold at sixpence each, ot ieh figures up into good many tens i. nl thousands of dollars, sixpence being ul ceDts. Then there is Q bar of n series s' bars 900 feeti m length where 300 kinds i' American drinks are named. and sad ot be made. Cigar stands, soda fountains go iian curiosity stores GuG photograph tn rds. 'he latter sometimes selling l. pa a day. the greatest nGrnber being of no no uissio Bill" sEd tae next of Red % irt'-n wonderfully fine-fsosd Indian. oe i1e as has ever been seeu iu Enc. V; d. so the Prince Ci Wales says. ari ." ny others; ''G mixture Of Napo!esp'a 'h' WallinEiou's lectures" a nuclber of tn' 'd igdgrs think Buffa,o Bill i- up- tG' lb;etiy. ose ot tns hBndsomess men oit